Sunnahs of Eid ==================================== 1. To awaken earlier than usual 2. To brush the teeth with Miswaak 3.

To have a bath (Ghusl) 4. To be well dressed in an Islamic manner 5. To be dressed in ones best clothes (Doesnt necessarily have to be new) Note: Care should be taken that we do not incur debts or transgress the limits o f modesty on the clothes we purchase and wear on Eid day as is seen in Muslim co mmunities of today. Many of our brothers are seen with unsuitable haircuts and i nappropriate clothing imitating the kufaar and many of sisters are seen dressed provocatively attracting unwanted attention and the gaze of strange men upon the m. What would happen if we were to die in such a state? We should adopt modesty in everyday of our loves and should never imitate the kufaar in anyway. May Alla h save us from this evil. Ameen 6. To use Attar (Perfume) 7. To perform Eid Salah at the Eidgah (An open ground) 8. Avoid eating before Eid Salah on the day of Eid ul Adha and to eat an odd num ber of dates or anything sweet on the day of Eid ul Fitr 9. To go to the place of Eid Salah early 10. To walk to the place of Eid Salah (If it is within walking distance because every step is reward) 11. To read aloud Takbeerat on the way to the place of prayer for Eid-ul-Adha and silently for Eid-ul-Fitr: Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar Laa ilaaha illallaahu Wallaahu Akbar walillaahil hamd. 12. To use different routes to and from the place of Eid Salaah 13. To frequently read the takbeers (Loudly for Eid Ul Adha and softly for Eid u l Fitr) 14. To pray the Eid-Ul-Fitr prayer later and the Eid-ul-Adha earlier. 15. To read two rakahs Waajib Salaatul Eidain without any Adhaan or Iqaamah 16. It is forbidden to pray Nafil prayer before or after the prayer. 17. To read the two rakahs Nafl prayer on reaching home. 18. During Eid Salaah, in the first rakah, Rasulallah would recite Surah Ala (no. 87) and Suratul Ghathia (No. 8 in the second rakah. 19. Reciting these Suras in the Eid prayer should not be regarded as obligatory f or other Suras may also be recited. 20. When Rasulallah completed the prayer of Salaatul Eidain he would stand facin g the people who were seated in their rows and deliver a khutba issuing instruct ions and commanding them to do good. If he intended to send an army he did so an

d likewise issued any special orders he wished to. 21. The Khutba was delivered after the Eid Salaah 22. During both the khutbas of Eid Rasulallah used to recite the Takbeerat freque ntly 23. The khutba of both Eids are Sunnah but to listen to them is Waajib. It is to tally prohibited (Haraam) to walk around, talk or even read Salaah whilst the kh utba is in progress. 24. To shake hands and hug one another on happy occasions is Mubaah (permissible ). The general principle of a Mubaah act is not to regard the act as compulsory as that projects a wrong image of Deen. Furthermore, people should not regard th e meeting on the day of Eid as compulsory and an inseparable part of the occasio n. (SUNNATS, Mufti E. M. H. Salejee pg 89, 90) 25. The greeting on Eid: Jabyr ibn Nufayr said: When the companions of Allahs Mess enger met on the day of Eid, they would say to each other, Taqaballahu minna wa m ink (May Allah accept from us and you). [Al Mahamiliyyat; hasan isnad; see Fath u l Bari 2:446